2015 Iglesia ni Cristo protests

2015 Iglesia Ni Cristo protests
2015 Iglesia Ni Cristo protests
Part of 2015 Iglesia ni Cristo leadership controversy
Date	August 27, 2015 – August 31, 2015
Location	Metro Manila
Caused by	Filing of illegal detention case by Isaias Samson, Jr. his wife and son at the Department of Justice; Alleged violation of separation of church and state due to the DOJ acting on the filed illegal detention case.;
Goals	Removal of DOJ secretary Leila de Lima from her post.; Junking of the case filed by Isaias Samson Jr.;
Resulted in	The Iglesia Ni Cristo announced the end of the protests following talks between church and government officials.; The Iglesia ni Cristo protester creates a heavy traffic jam on EDSA, causing major re-routing and road closures.; De Lima remained DOJ secretary;
Parties
Iglesia ni Cristo; Members Supporting the Executive Minister and the Sanggunian; Non-member supporters	Government; Department of Justice; Philippine National Police National Capital Region Police Office Task Force Manila Shield; ; ; Expelled Iglesia ni Cristo members
Lead figures
	Eduardo V. Manalo; Babylyn V. Manalo; Glicerio B. Santos, Jr.; Radel G. Cortez; Bienvenido C. Santiago; Edwil Zabala; Arnel Tumanan Benigno Aquino III; Leila de Lima; Isaias Samson, Jr.
Number
15,400 (police estimate, August 30)

The 2015 INC protests were a series of marches which occurred between August 27–31, 2015. Supporters of the Iglesia ni Cristo, a religious body led by executive minister Eduardo V. Manalo, protested against the Department of Justice for allegedly meddling in internal church affairs by taking action on an illegal detention case filed by expelled minister Isaias Samson, Jr. Samson alleged that he was illegally detained by the church and has accused the church of corruption.

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